We have a small amount of Star Wars Galaxy 4 in stock at the moment. We have hobby boxes and a few cases. We also have a special Galaxy 4 bulk pack case available. It consists of 192 Galaxy 4 hobby packs packaged in two white trays inside Topps factory shrink wrap. These are regular hobby packs and contain insert cards at the same ratio as the regular display boxes.

We are now taking orders for the third set in the Magic Shards of Alara block - Alara Reborn. This set in the block expands on the Shards of Alara mechanics and includes more powerful gold cards. There are 145 cards in the set. Boosters, intro packs, and fat packs are available. We expect to ship Alara Reborn by May 1st.

In yesterday's entry we announced the details of the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine set. Rittenhouse originally informed us that customers would receive an archive box for every 12 cases purchased, but its web site advertised archive boxes as available with every 15 cases purchased. Thanks to the keen eye of one of our customers, we were able to quickly correct the discrepancy. Rittenhouse confirmed today that archive boxes will be available with every 15 cases pre-ordered.

Battlestar Galactica Season 4 will feature 2 autograph cards AND 2 relic cards in every box! Signers include the popular Edward James Olmos and Katee Sackhoff, as well as James Callis, Jamie Bamber, Michael Hogan, Kate Vernon, Stehpanie Jacobsen, Bodie Olmos, Rekha Sharma, and more! Autograph costume cards will be signed Jamie Bamber, Matthew Bennett, Nicki Clyne, Rick Worthy, Leah Cairns, and more. Single and dual costume cards from William Adama, Lee Adama, Laura Roslin, Cally Tyrol, Simon, Cavil, Tory Foster, Racetrack, and more will be included. There will also be 4 authentic prop cards to look for. Customers pre-ordering 2 cases will receive a Dual Autograph Card signed by Michael Hogan and Kate Vernon. Customers pre-ordering 4 cases will receive an Autograph Card signed by James Callis. Customers pre-ordering 12 cases will receive an Archive Box!

We've received some updated information this week on several upcoming nonsport sets. Topps has delayed the release of the Star Wars Galaxy 4 set until next week. We now hope to ship orders between the 18th and 20th. We are currently sold out of Galaxy 4. If you would like to be notified in the event that we are able to find additional boxes once the product is released, click here and submit your email address.

Breygent Marketing also informed us that the Vintage Poster Collection set is now scheduled to release the first week of March. We had originally expected it to arrive late this month.

We recently received a restock of KMC deck protectors, but the demand for some of the colors and styles was well beyond what we could have anticipated! As a result, we quickly ran out of Matte Black, Clear, Super Orange, Super Silver, Super Green, Yugioh Purple, and Perfect Size sleeves! The good news is we have more of each of these items on the way, and they are expected to arrive early next week. If you would like to be notified when one or more of these products is back in stock, click here.

Magic Conflux officially released today! We shipped pre-orders today as well. We still have some product left in stock if you haven't placed your order yet. We should have additional Intro Packs (which we were sold out of today) back in stock on Monday.

The release date for Pokemon Platinum was actually moved forward a few days. So, we expect to ship pre-orders on Monday or Tuesday (instead of later in the week as originally scheduled). We have a very limited number of boxes left to sell from our initial shipment.

ICv2 has reported that The Spoils might be making a comeback. The game, originally produced by Tenacious Games has apparently been acquired by Danish-based Arcane Tinmen. We'll be keeping our eyes open for any updates to this story.

Upper Deck has announced that it will no longer produce its VS System game. In terms of number of releases and years produced, the DC/Marvel (and Hellboy) themed game had quite a long run. We are still carrying a wide variety of Marvel and DC VS System products.

We've been told that Alderac is temporarily sold out of the latest Legend of the Five Rings release, Glory of the Empire. This might make the set a little tougher to find in the short run. It will probably be a month or so before Alderac has additional product to ship. For now, we still have boosters and starters available.

We received some additional harder-to-find products today. Some of these have been out of stock for 5 or 6 years!

We've picked up a number of products in the last week or so that we either haven't had in a while or we have never had. Many of the products listed are tougher for us to find these days. Take a look...

If there is a tough-to-find item that you are looking for, let us know. We might be able to find it for you. If we don't locate it right away, we will keep you on our request list and notify you if or when we ever do get the product in stock!

A new game....the Epic Trading Card Game is releasing in early March. The game was designed by "Magic Hall of Famers" Robert Dougherty and Darwin Kastle. There are no starters for the game, so players can buy a couple of packs and play. It looks like an inexpensive way to get into a game.

An expansion....Bleach Infiltration is scheduled to arrive in late April. The set will be released in boosters and starters. There will a lot to collect with 85 commons, 75 uncommons, 60 rares, 4 ultra rares, 22 subset cards, and 16 promo cards. There will also be 17 new voice actor autograph cards to hunt down!

A starter....Upper Deck plans to release its Death Knight Deluxe Starters in June. The new starter will introduce the Death Knight class to the World of Warcraft trading card game. Each starter will include a 36-card Death Knight preconstructed deck (which includes 3 Ghoul token cards), a 17-card Death Knight pack featuring 1 new hero and 16 exclusive cards, and a 33-card Dark Portal preconstructed deck.

The next Naruto expansion, A New Chronicle, is coming soon! The new set introduces new Shippuden versions of Shikamaru, Kankuro, Temari, Hinata, Ino, and Choji, and features the first appearance of Akatsuki members Deidara and Sasori. There are 173 cards in the set. We expect to ship A New Chronicle between February 20th and February 24th.

Shortly after the release of A New Chronicle, Bandai will release the Naruto Guardian of the Village Tins. Each case includes 12 tins. There are 3 different tin designs. Each tin includes 2 Approaching Winds booster packs, 1 Battle of Destiny booster pack, 1 A New Chronicle booster pack, 2 rare alternate image cards from previously released sets, and an exclusive promo card. We expect to ship Naruto Guardian of the Village Tins between February 27th and March 3rd.

Our current prices are:A New Chronicle 1st Edition Booster boxes.....(24 packs/10 cards per pack)....$59A New Chronicle 1st Edition Booster cases.....(6 boxes).....$348Guardian of the Village Tin cases.....(12 tins).....$139Guardian of the Village Tin set (3 tins - 1 of each design).....$42

On Tuesday, February 10th, we will raise our A New Chronicle booster box price to $60 and booster case price to $354. If you are planning to pre-order, please do so before the 10th to take advantage of our best price!

Our international customers will be happy to hear that UPS, DHL, and TNT all lowered their fuel surcharges on February 1st. In January those surcharges ranged from 7.5% to 8.5%, but they are now charging just 1% to 2%. We've negotiated discounted rates with these companies so the drop in fuel surcharges makes our shipping rates even more attractive!

We just received the initial information for the new Star Trek trading card set being produced by Rittenhouse. The new set is based on the Star Trek Movie that is releasing in early May.